I have to say, this latest episode of Battlestar Galactica was a little bit of a dud. It's not that I didn't enjoy the episode, but after a string of several episodes with some excellent writing and great action, I felt that this latest episode didn't measure up to the high standards the series has established for itself. Although I love the show because it leaves a lot of questions to be settled by the viewer, by the end of this show, I sort of felt lost, and dare I say dissatisfied. Then again, perhaps the writers gave us this mess, and are going to help us sort through it through the rest of the season. But I am getting ahead of myself. Before we can talk about the questions we were asking at the end of the episode, we should talk about what we were wondering at the beginning. We know that the Colonial Fleet is about to go guns blazing to destroy the Cylon resurrection ship, and both Admiral Cain and Commander Adama have plans to assassinate the other.
We start the episode out with a dream sequence. It looks like crazy Gaius is adrift floating in the ocean. This guy has had some strange dreams, but it's odd because they almost always involve his hot Cylon friend Six. But upon closer inspection, it isn't Baltar at all, it is Lee Adama. And after a little time passes, we see that it isn't that Lee is dreaming as much as he is hallucinating. He is not really floating in a pool of water; he is really floating in the empty void of space. In the background are explosions, but how did he get there? Well, I would love to tell you, but once again, I have to deal with that "48 hours earlier" bullshit. What the hell is it with my sci-fantasy shows pulling this on me twice in one week? UGH. I guess this is why people watch NCIS.
So, let's take it back a few days. Let's just say that tensions are wee bit high. How high were the tensions? Well, if tensions were equal to craziness, we would be talking about Tom Cruise, Margaret Perrin, and Jeff Conaway threesome. Starbuck just learned from Commander Adama that she was going to have to kill Admiral Cain. Now, we know that Kara has the guts to do it, but she really admires the admiral. She may be the one pulling the trigger, but that doesn't mean that she is going to go it alone. Starbuck tells Lee about the mission, and although he is unsure of how wise this is he would much rather support Kara in her decision than try and stay on the sidelines and do nothing. Apollo tells her that he will help her because he knows that there is nothing more important than trust, and if you can't trust the word of your fellow human, you are no better than the Cylons.
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Comments (4)
I thought it was a good episode, although I could have done without the Apollo angst; I think that he's the least interesting character on the show. The battle was almost an afterthought; it looked like they gave the Cylons a whippin' ... since when does that happen?
It would have been very interesting if Cain had lived, trying to see that two of them deal with each other.
1 of 4 | Posted by dumbanddumber
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Posted on January 18, 2006 7:53 AM
Second that "48 hours ago" stuff. Stargate SG1 had the same thing the same night as this.
I thought Cain would have tried to fight back. It was disappointing that she didn't go out swingin'.
Lee's issue about living seemed to be an expression of relief. When he was hallucinating, he got out from under the immensely stressful situaiton they've been living in the last few weeks. That episode about the PR video showed how harsh life is for the everyday soldier. And Lee's in a much tougher situation being right at the heart of all the political intrigue.
People can't maintain a constant level of fear, they vacillate to the other side and stop caring.
2 of 4 | Posted by Lady J
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Posted on January 18, 2006 8:00 AM
I am very far behind on my BSG viewing because I netflixed season 1 and am catching up, after getting hooked during the first half of season two. (I had to do the same thing with "lost". I never catch on that a show is going to be good until it's a season in). i'm glad the show is being recapped- for me to be hooked on a show in outer space is saying a lot.
3 of 4 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on January 18, 2006 8:20 AM
Did I say the Galactica cuties were Mary Sues last week? Cripes. How cutsey convenient this entire episode was. And Gina shooting Cain? Cop-out. For all its self-generated hype about being "dark" and "deep" and "flawed", BSG actually is "predictable" and "shallow" and "simple-minded." It's lost its balls and I hope it finds them.
Maybe Gina will shoot Apollo in the head -- she's a smarter model than Boomer, she won't take a point-blank shot at the chest -- and put him out of his ennui.
4 of 4 | Posted by Mija
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Posted on January 18, 2006 12:42 PM